diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/scripts/release_s3.sh b/.gitlab/ci/scripts/release_s3.sh
index 49aa367ddbffc96eabeda64b1d3e3b9c2d71be67..636186c68b7408e67274f022a25a25cf73cc2d4e 100755
--- a/.gitlab/ci/scripts/release_s3.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/scripts/release_s3.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -eo pipefail
-
-LATEST_STABLE_TAG=$(git -c versionsort.prereleaseSuffix="-rc" tag -l "v*.*.*" --sort=-v:refname | awk '!/rc/' | head -n 1)
+LATEST_STABLE_TAG=$(git -c versionsort.suffix="-rc" tag -l "v*.*.*" --sort=-v:refname | awk '!/rc/' | head -n 1)
 echo "Latest stable tag is: ${LATEST_STABLE_TAG}"
 
+set -eo pipefail
+
 __aws_s3_sync() {
   local source="$1"
   local target="$2"